...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal?

H.D.
...if you do not even understand what words say, how...
...if you do not even understand what words say, how...
...if you do not even understand what words say, how...
...if you do not even understand what words say, how...
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In his 1974 essay, “The Use of Words,” Samuel Johnson described the difficulty of using words to communicate. In this quote, he describes how language is a “fence” that keeps us from seeing what is truly there. If we do not understand the words we use in our daily conversations, we cannot hope to understand what is being discussed. Even though we may not be able to see it directly, we know that there is a great deal going on beneath the surface in life. We can take a step back and look at a situation from an outsider’s perspective when we do not understand the words that are being used by others.

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